קורנס

Derived from Ancient Greek κορύνη (korúnē, “mace, club”).

• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /qurˤˈnɔs/ [qurˤˈnɔːs]
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /kuʁˈnas/ [kuʁ̞ˈnäs]

קורנס / קֻרְנָס • (kurnás) m (plural indefinite קורנסים / קֻרְנָסִים, singular construct קורנס / קֻרְנַס־, plural construct קורנסי / קֻרְנְסֵי־)

1. (Mishnaic Hebrew) sledgehammer, mallet
   • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Shabbat, section 12.1:

     רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, אַף הַמַּכֶּה בְקֻרְנָס עַל הַסַּדָּן בִּשְׁעַת מְלָאכָה, חַיָּב, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא כִמְתַקֵּן מְלָאכָה:

     Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Even one who strikes an anvil with a sledgehammer during his labor is liable, because he is as one who improves the labor.

   • a. 230 C.E., Tosefta. Avodah Zarah, section 6.2:

     רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, עַד שֶׁיַּכֶּה בְּקֻרְנָס וִיחַבֵּל

     Rabbi Meir says, unless one strikes it with a mallet and damages it.

• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
• Klein, Ernest (1987), A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[2], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 573